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What Price Burglar Alarms?

Do I Really Need a Burglar Alarm?

Almost everyone should consider installing a burglar alarm because none of us is immune to the opportunist burglar, but we don't all need the same level of protection. Are you guarding some priceless antiques, diamond necklaces or just an average household home like most of us ? The information below will help you decide the level of protection necessary for your home and prevent wasted expense on equipment you don't need. Initially you should consider the general security of your home, are all the doors and windows in good solid condition and are they fitted with sound locks ? Your property may be in a high crime area or in a quiet rural area but a good burglar alarm can be just as important in both, providing a safeguard to give you peace of mind, knowing that your home and family are protected.

Government statistics:
Government statistics show that most attempted burglaries on homes fitted with a home security alarm are unsuccessful, which proves that they act as an effective deterrent. Burglars usually avoid breaking into a house fitted with a burglar alarm and look for easier targets elsewhere.

• Protecting your home with a burglar alarm system provides a much safer environment for your family.
• Insurance companies sometimes offer discounts for houses fitted with an alarm because these homes make substantially fewer claims. Many people only install a home alarm system after they have suffered the distress of loss through burglary.

How much will I have to spend, ask yourself this:

• Do you want to protect your house and possessions while you are away from home, or while you are in residence, or both?
• Or do you just want to protect your garden shed, garage or even just your garden ornaments?

Simple yet powerful alarms for your garden or shed can cost from as little as 19.95, and if your concern is to secure your home while you are away a basic home alarm system that will dial your mobile or landline when activated by an intruder can cost a very modest 39.95. Complete wireless burglar alarm systems with auto dial facilities and PIR movement detectors including contact sensors on doors and windows to cover the whole house interior, plus a control panel and an alarm sounder can also be purchased from only 84.95, and can be fitted by anyone with basic diy skills in about an hour.

No need to employ professional installers, and no need to have expensive monthly service and maintenance contracts, with systems like these everyone can afford the luxury of a burglar alarm to protect their property.

http://www.easyalarms.co.uk
info@easyalarms.co.uk

Mike Stephens
Easy Alarms
The Firs
Hillbrow
Liss
GU33 7QE

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Instant Hard Drive Performance Boost

This article will describe the easy process required to gain the maximum performance from your USB drive. The tweak itself works on any external USB storage device, i.e. a pen drive or an external hard drive.

Please be sure to read the important note at the bottom of this article to ensure you do not suffer any loss of data.

By default, USB drives are optimised for quick removal. For folk like myself who have their USB drive permanently connected to their computer, this is not required, so we want to optimise it for best performance.

When I applied this change to my external USB drive, it had a noticeable positive impact on performance. To optimise your USB drive for performance, do the following:

1. open Windows Explorer (use the Windows key + E)
2. Right-click your USB drive and select Properties
3. Select the hardware tab along the top of the window
4. Select your USB drive from the list and click Properties
5. Select the Policies tab along the top
6. Select "Optimize for performance" and click Okay

You'll most likely be told to restart your computer. Do so and you're all set. After the re-boot, you should detect a noticeable performance improvement.

This tweak is reversible. If you wish to revert to the original settings at any later stage, simply follow the method used above but select "Optimize for quick removal" at stage 6.

Important note: as your drive is no longer optimised for quick removal, if you do want to remove it, you MUST do so by using the "Safely remove" option from your status bar, otherwise you risk data loss.

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